Vance's ideas are good, but may be overlooking the fact that the car
hasn't run for ten years. Mike may have to do quite a few other
things to it, just to get the engine to turn over, or to bump the
starter, etc. For now, he just wants to get it out of there. I
think it's safe to assume that the shoes are stuck because the owner
had the E-brake on for the duration. To fix it on one of my cars, I
had to lube all the cable linkage from the handbrake to the levers on
the wheel cylinders, and work everything by hand a bit to get them to
move, allowing the shoes to relax (release handbrake handle of course, too).
--Glenn/San Diego
74x3
At 10:28 AM 4/14/2009, Vance wrote:
>
> I would imagine that the process is similar to unsticking a
> clutch plate. For
>the clutch, bumping the starter motor a few times (clutch pedal depressed,
>parking brake set, car in 4th gear) seems to be pretty reliable.
> So for the rear brakes, I would say release the parking
> brake, put the tranny
>in first, let out the clutch, take your foot off the brake pedal, then bump
>the starter a few times. If that doesn't work, put it in reverse (lower
>gearing in reverse) and repeat.
>-----Original Message-----
>Subject: [6pack] TR6 - Frozen rear brakes
>
>I'm in the process of buying a TR6 that has been kept indoors but has
>not been moved in over 10 years. The rear brakes appear to be frozen
>to the drums. What are the steps and methods to follow to unfreeze
>these so I can at least tow it home?
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